President Bush has selected Judge Samuel A. Alito as the next associate justice of the Supreme Court. Alito’s conspicuous appellate experience contrasts Harriet Miers and mirrors Cheif Justice John Roberts.
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By simply using this law, satanists and witches can complain about priests making their beliefs seem evil. Causing any hatred against any people of any religious faith carries a penalty of a seven-year jail sentence.
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(CWNews.com) – Christians in Sudan are protesting the government’s decision to close down schools for refugees during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
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Orphaned by the Kashmir earthquake and adopted by sex workers, some children will have a future as a prostitute or street beggar.
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Poll indicates majority think Creator made human beings.
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(CBS) By random mutation — or by design? Those two different explanations for the diversity of life are in conflict in a “court case(Intelligent Design Defense Opens)”:http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/17/national/main950231.shtml now under way in Pennsylvania.
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The question of the Christian response to Halloween is raised every year in mainstream or religious media, it seems. Christians face the reality of this holiday’s impact on the community and respond based on their personal perceptions and convictions. Is Halloween a holiday that the faithful should ignore altogether or should countermeasures be put into [...]
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Filed under: By Example, Ministries, Perspectives
Luc Jacquet, the director of the suprising successful documentary, “March of the Penguins”, notes that Christians have misrepresented his film by linking it to Intelligent Design. Jacquet, scientist and firm believer in the theory of evolution, states his film should not be used in support of evolution or intelligent design.
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Filed under: Education, Music and Movies, Perspectives
Nigerian Christians voice their opinions on the state of homosexuality in the America church. Are we tolerant, progressive, or just plain hypocrites?
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Rest well, Rosa Parks. Thank you for your contribution to the world.
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If the pastor leaves, retires or dies, what will your church do? A formal succession plan can prevent a disastrous transtion to new leadership. The mission of the church is to prepare people for the future. How prepared is the church for its future?
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Police protected Christian churches from harm during a series attacks sparked by political differences and the distribution of DVD considered offensive to Muslims.
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The US Commission of Fine Arts is concerned about the design and location of the proposed MLK Memorial on the National Mall. Is the design original? Will the new memorial obstruct the view of the Tidal Basin and the Jefferson Memorial? More questions like these will likely be raised prior to the finalizing of the [...]
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George Lucas has graciously donated $1 million to towards the building of the MLK Memorial in Washington, DC on the National Mall.
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Wiccan priestess, Darla Wynne, won her case to get references to Jesus Christ removed from the Great Falls city council prayers. The town is now faced with the dilemma of paying her lawyer’s bill which is 6% of the towns annual budget.
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BALAKOT, Pakistan — Pakistan’s death toll soared to 79,000 yesterday from South Asia’s earthquake after a survey of one of the two hardest-hit Pakistani regions — making it one of the deadliest quakes in modern times.
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CHICAGO (ABP)—The decline membership in of mainline churches over the last century had more to do with sex than theology, research by a trio of sociologists suggests.
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Conservative lawmakers in Congress are pressing President Bush to issue an executive order that they say would protect freedom-of-speech rights of military chaplains.
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Homosexual activists are expected to show up today at the trial of a Massachusetts man arrested while attempting to secure a promise from school officials to notify parents before teaching about homosexuality in his son’s kindergarten class.
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EDMONTON (CP) – Church leaders, politicians and an American religious rights group are rallying behind a pastor who is to appear before an Alberta human rights tribunal accused of exposing gays to hatred.
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